Patricia Orantes

Patricia Orantes
Patricia Orantes
Member of the Congress of Guatemala
	Elect
	Assuming office ; 14 January 2024
Constituency	National List
Personal details
Born	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Political party	Semilla
Spouse	Andreas Lehnhoff Temme
Alma mater	Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala; Heidelberg University

Ana Patricia Orantes Thomas is a Guatemalan politician and biologist. A founding member of Semilla party, she is member-elect of the Congress for National List, having been elected in 2023 general election.^[1]

Biography

Orantes was born in Guatemala City, daughter of Megan Thomas Sick, an American anthropologist. She graduated as a biologist of the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, and obtained postgraduate studies in development policies and public administration at the Heidelberg University, Germany. She was appointed head of the Planning and Programming Secretariat of the Presidency in 2006. During this period, she was awarded the Order of Civil Merit by the King Juan Carlos I of Spain. Orantes left office in 2008.^[2]

She worked as an advisor on environmental issues before several organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the United States Agency for International Development.^[2]

Orantes is a founding member of Movimiento Semilla political party and held positions within the leadership. She occupied second place on the list to the National List for 2023 legislative election, and she was elected.^[2]

Personal life

Orantes is married to architect Andreas Lehnhoff Temme, who served as Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources in Cabinet of Alejandro Maldonado.^[2]

The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala presented a case of espionage and illegal wiretapping in 2019, allegedly requested by the then Minister of Economy, Acisclo Valladares Urruela, against members of the Semilla, including Samuel Pérez Álvarez, Lucrecia Hernández Mack and Orantes.^[3] The process was archived in 2023.^[4]

References

^ Ocote, Redacción (30 June 2023). "LAS DIPUTADAS ELECTAS". Agencia Ocote (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d García, Jovanna (4 May 2023). "Bernardo Arévalo: el hijo que quiere recuperar la revolución que inició su padre". No Ficción (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ Quino, Hedy (30 August 2019). "Semilla podría accionar por nuevo caso que involucra a Acisclo Valladares". La Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ "Sala cierra investigación por espionaje contra el exministro de Economía Acisclo Valladares Urruela". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 8 May 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[:1-1] Ocote, Redacción (30 June 2023). "LAS DIPUTADAS ELECTAS". Agencia Ocote (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[:2-2] García, Jovanna (4 May 2023). "Bernardo Arévalo: el hijo que quiere recuperar la revolución que inició su padre". No Ficción (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[:3-3] Quino, Hedy (30 August 2019). "Semilla podría accionar por nuevo caso que involucra a Acisclo Valladares". La Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[4] "Sala cierra investigación por espionaje contra el exministro de Economía Acisclo Valladares Urruela". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 8 May 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

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